We’re already seeing changes.
Glaciers are melting, plants and animals are being
forced from their habitat, and the number of severe
storms and droughts is increasing.
The number of Category 4 and 5 hurricanes has
almost doubled in the last 30 years.2
Malaria has spread to higher altitudes in places
like the Colombian Andes, 7,000 feet above sea
level.3
The flow of ice from glaciers in Greenland has
more than doubled over the past decade.4
At least 279 species of plants and animals are
already responding to global warming, moving closer
to the poles.5
If the warming continues, we can
expect catastrophic consequences.
Deaths from global warming will double in just
25 years -- to 300,000 people a year.6
Global sea levels could rise by more than 20
feet with the loss of shelf ice in Greenland and
Antarctica, devastating coastal areas worldwide.7
Heat waves will be more frequent and more
intense.
Droughts and wildfires will occur more often.
The Arctic Ocean could be ice free in summer by
2050.8
More than a million species worldwide could be
driven to extinction by 2050.9
